Angels

<p><b>[</b>Verse 1<b>]</b><br/>Took me years to make my motives clear<br/>And the days have not been kind<br/>Once a steady gaze and charming smile<br/>Has been buried in the lines I find<br/>I walk in the noise, quiet employs<br/>And darkness seems to know just where I am<br/><br/><b>[</b>Chorus<b>]</b><br/>Mother wash the devil from my hands<br/>Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand<span><br/>Mother, tell me was it all a lie?<br/>Show me where the angels die<br/><br/><b>[</b>Verse 2<b>]</b><br/>There are words that never found my lips<br/>There are words I&#x27;d soon forget<br/>Thought the trick was never to look back<br/>But it seems I&#x27;ve lost my grip, I slip<br/>The faster we run now, the closer the gun now<br/>And somehow all the bullets bear my name<br/><b>[</b>Chorus<b>]</b><br/>Mother wash the devil from my hands<br/>Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand<br/>Mother, tell me was it all a lie?<br/>Show me where the angels die<br/><br/><b>[</b>Verse 3<b>]</b><br/>Took the road but should have chased the stars<span><br/>Now I&#x27;ve lost my own way home<br/>Had a photo of the time we shared<br/>But I burned it long ago, I know<br/>I struck all the matches stuck in the ashes<br/>Forgive me, won&#x27;t you simply speak my name?<br/><br/><b>[</b>Chorus<b>]</b><br/>Mother wash the devil from my hands<br/>Pray the Lord I have the strength to stand<br/>Mother, tell me was it all a lie?<br/>Show me where the angels die<br/>Die<br/><br/><b>[</b>Outro<b>]</b><br/>(The faster we run now, the closer the gun now<br/>And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now<br/>The faster we run now, the closer the gun now<br/>And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now<br/>(Took the road but should have chased the stars<br/>Now I&#x27;ve lost my own way home<br/>Had a photo of the time we shared<br/>But I burned it long ago)<br/>The faster we run now, the closer the gun now<br/>And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now<br/>The faster we run now, the closer the gun now<br/>And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now<br/>(Took the road but should have chased the stars<br/>Now I&#x27;ve lost my own way home<br/>Had a photo of the time we shared<br/>But I burned it long ago)<br/>The faster we run now, the closer the gun now<br/>And somehow we all found the warmth of the gun now)